Cold War Timeline

  • Berlin Blockade/Airlift

    Berlin Blockade/Airlift
    The berlin bloackade and air lift was a criris between the Soveit Union and the wwII Allies.The allies teamed up to aid the east side of the berlin wall the stoped all transportation the the west.
  • Korean War

    Korean War
    The korean war was a fight over the spread of communism to the south of koreaThe Soveit union had control of the then north and planed to put the south under communist control.With trumans containment plan the US took to action to help/aid south korea
  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite, made by the Soviets. during the space race with the Us
  • Bay of pigs

    Bay of pigs
    In March 1960, President Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered the CIA to train and arm a force of Cuban exiles for an armed attack on Cuba.
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    The United States was threatened by nuclear missles in Cuba.
  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War
    Again like in the korean war the was fought to stop the spread of communism.a war between North and South Korea. the United States of America fought for the South, and China fought for the North, which was also assisted by the Soviet Union. The war arose from the division of Korea at the end of World War II and from the global tensions of the cold war.